Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-01

an industry which ia bound to exercise an influence
upon modern art and fashion.
Most strange, interesting and suggestive are the
terms: the dragons and the ancient figure devices.
The colors used upon natural grounds are olives,
pale yellow, terra Gotta red, old blue In several
shades. and browns. The polished white and vel
low max threads look more Hike silk than silk itself
and make more effective work. The articles con-
sist mainly OF tea table and other covers, manIel
covers bed spreads, table and chair scarfs, cur
tains and the like. One coverltd In blue and white
is called the Queens pattern; because Queen Vic
tOra sent for samples TO Windsor and selected one
Of these blue and white spreads.
APPLICATION TO DRESS.
There Is another point of view from which 1t is
interesting to US, and that Is its application to
dress and its suggestion OF means by which Amer
lean women could benefit themselves and utilize
the resources OF country which ID richest In them
OF any country In the world. We want the table
and chair scarfs: want this beautiful hand
o tsn oWn do,ng hn VIII m
more beautiful and remunerative applied TO dress
applied to every day needs by those who-now
that "homeSpun" is no longer Obtainable--cOn-
slider homespun linen finer than machine spun silk
What could be prettier than house dress OF spun
linen, embroidered with herring bone stitch or
graduated dots in three lovely, old blues, terra
Gotta reds and soft yellowS?
Is there not an idea also for our women who live
In the country, In this Organized cooperative In
fragmentOry bits OF work. RemOteSt neighbour
hoods are flooded with crude, Initiative art. What
Is needed are productive centers Oh true manufac-
turing industry, guided by taste and experience
and inspired by conscientious desire to put time
ana ability to useful purpose: we can grow silk
and wool II we cannot grow 1aX. Where Is the
woman organizer?
Another very Interesting exhibition so far as
work is concerned has been held by the 'DecOra-
tive Art Society" The work, most of it copied
from old designs, and nearly all executed In the
school OF the Decorative Art society, is exceeding
~ beautiful, quite equal 10 anything ever exhib-
tied by the kensingtOn Society. But the cost OF
such work and OF the materials upon and with
which IL Is executed, limits the purchasers TO
those who have the command OF ample means.
The society mas done an admirable work, how
ever, in maintaining its standard in assisting to
S hs te Pnb n taste up TO an OF
maintain classes upon its own lines, in a COM
munity, which, popularity, would be more likely to
recognize inferior work and workers.
A GLIMPSE OF GENUINE PARIS STYLES
"The dinner dresses have seen here" writes a
friend, 'are all silk, in lovely shades OF mauve
heliotrope dove color and lavender. The fabric is
soft, satin Franchise or veOntine. They are SIM
ply made and trimmed with folds of white Grape
or crdpe-de- Chine, in preference to lace. There
are no more loose fronts; the lingerie plain and
simple, but fine and In delicate folds.
Dark cloths are employed for the street, with
plain skirts, much trimmed with fur and gold
gimp or silver braids. Some handsome velvet suits
and coats are trimmed with Russian goat; the
cap and mun matching. These are very hand
some and effective.
There are some hats made entirely of wings:
and bonnets OF tulle to wear with short costumes
Of black lace, that are trimmed with nothing but
Jet cfeScentS and stars, standing very high.
The hair is cOmbed up into small Grecian knots
and folds on the very top OF the head; and little
curled TUT of feathers, fastened with diamond
star, frequently heightenS the effect.
Cachemire morning gowns have finish OF vel
vet, but velvet is not now combined with silk.
The trimming for silk is embroidered Grape, or
embroidery In silk and gold or silk and beads.
The finest touch for wrapper or tea gown is white
veivet lined with ivory satin and trimmed with
derad VIII, hnI o unT a UIa Go5'a & p0r
long cloaks worn than in New York"
the all-Siik dresses will probably sound the key
note FOR spring with Us. In the meantime some OF
The young women are busy dev1sing
ToBoGGAN COSTUMES
out OF "blanket" ShawlS instead of the real
blankets of which they are made in Montreal. A
genuine tOboggal suit consists Of a blanket skirt
trimmed round the bottom, above the hem, with
the border A half-1tted, double-breasted paletot
stitched on as bands like Norfolk Jacket and
belted in with the stripe also. Snow shoes, leg
gingS and Knitted cap, with point finished with
tasSel and falling over on one side.
This rig can be bought at any store in Montreal:
but the demand here has not justified u supply
The blanket cloth is rather too heavy for our lati-
tude, and Scotch wool Sh1wiS offer q convenient
substitute. when the fringe has been cut off and
wOrsted braid PUT in place Of tie blanket border.
The popular wrapper OF the season is StrDed
Angora flannel: the thick furry flannel which is
warm, but unbecoming 10 wear. The wrappers
are cut In plain PrinceS5e fashion, and SELL ready
made, at 81 TO SO each. For SO high velvet
collar and velvet cuffs or belt are added When
the cOlOrS are good and the stripes are narrow
they are endurable; but some are nid1OuSly ugly
and they have the additional dcmerit Of catching
and showing dirt.
Norfolk jackets, made Of tweed cloth, are now
to be obtained ready made at any OF the large FUR
nish1ng stores the same as woven Jerseys. There
Is distinction which needs to be understood. be-
tween the StOcktng-knit jersey and the Jacket,
cut and fitted, FROM jersey cloth or StockiDgette
Jersey" Is woven garment, finished now and
often trimmed with braid, but not cut and seWed
as jacket. The shaping Is done in the weaving
like stocking: and IL is The elastic quality OF tie
material that makes them iii. The Jacket cut
and fitted out OF elastic cloth, is as commonly
made and scld is the jersey, but 1t is q Jersey
Jacket, hot jersey.
The pOiOniSe IS rapidly recovering its ground:
and promises TO be Very faS1iOaab.y eiaDlOyed In
making up csicheinife costumes this spring The
prlnceoSf style, was "cro5S-oyer front, fastening
To one side and well defining the figure Is the enc
preferred; the lifted drapery falling into the
easiest and most simple OF folds
The best dreSs!na,erS are using fewer steeIS than
heretofore In the back OF the dress skirt Some
employ only one; aud this is placed high the folds
OF The SKIRT falling unimpedeG below H. to the feet
In cotton and muslin dresses they win n,,Jba DIy
mol be used at all. This change Is highiy desr-
able. The Steels had become coarse vulgar and
unDearaDle. The pretty, soft, cotton and gingnam
dresses last summer were ruined by IheIl; orli-
nary dresSmakers applying the same methods TO
all materials alike, whether suitable or not
JENNY June